Small improvements in public goods and large increases in corruption are the commonly
found effects of government rents from natural resource extraction. These outcomes do not …

This paper provides evidence that exposure to illegal labor markets during childhood leads
to the formation of industry‐specific human capital at an early age, putting children on a …

In the early 2000s, Burkina Faso launched several legal reforms aimed at increasing gold
production. This resulted in a gold mining boom, making gold the main export product and …

Popular and scholarly accounts often describe small-scale gold mining as a conflict-ridden
economy that takes place in regions where state law is lacking. Our long-term ethnographic …

This paper analyzes the effect of women's earnings on domestic violence in rural Colombia
during the period 2009–2013. To this end, it builds an indicator of domestic violence against …

Mining can propel economic growth, but often results in heavy metal releases, that could
negatively impact human health. Using a differencein-differences strategy we estimate the …

Este artículo presenta una aproximación teórica a la relación causal entre el precio de los
recursos naturales y las trampas de pobreza para el caso de un país productor de …

Resumen en español Este documento aprovecha el boom minero que Colombia vivió
durante la primera década del siglo XXI para determinar si el arribo de empresas mineras …

Across sub-Saharan Africa, countries with a greater percentage of overlap** days in their
school and farming calendars also have lower primary school survival rates. In theory …

Este documento hace un balance de la investigación sobre juventud en Colombia que se
ha hecho en este siglo y de las fuentes de información disponibles para el análisis de …